Invitation to Apply (ITA)

An ITA is issued to a candidate based on his or her CRS score in the Express Entry pool at the time the selection draw happened. To learn about the Express Entry selection draws, click here.

Sometimes, it may also happen that all not all the candidates with the draw score (the cut-off score announced during an Express Entry draw) may receive the Invitation to Apply (ITA). Such a situation is commonly referred to as the “Lock Score scenario”. To learn more about the Lock Score scenarios, click here.